Siribopura,Hambanthota (Southern Province) Barawakubuke Narada Thero has today (20) made a complaint to the Hambanthota Police Headquarters that an unidentified group of persons arrived in his temple from a Three Whealer set fire to the roof of a hall in the temple and fled away.
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As the fire was doused before spreading it further no casualties had been reported due to the incident the Thero has stated.

in Sri Lanka this evening (20) to probe on the collapse of Meethotamulle Garbage Dump visited the Garbage Dump soon after their arrival .

The Japanese Technical Expert Team has arrived in the country as per the instructions of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe .The team is due to prepare a report regarding the collapse of Meethotamulle Garbage Dump .

camon to disperse s group of residents who have protested against disposing Colombo Garbage to Maligawatte in Dompe area this afternoon (20).

Colombo Garbage trucks arrived at Dompe today to dispose the Garbage there ,however Dompe Waste Recycling Center did not allow to dispose unseperated Garbage there it has been reported .

Meanwhile Trucks carried Colombo Garbage disposed garbage without any trouble to Karadiyana Garbage Dump in Piliyandala today as per the order issued by Kasbawe Court.Yesterday (19) A group of residents heavily protested against Dumping Colombo Garbage there and even sent back stound 30 garbage trucks arrived to dispose garbage.

today (20)stated that the Sri Lanka Army and the Engineering Unit of the Urban Development Authority will be systematically removed the Meethotamulle Garbage Dump.from the area within next nine months .

During a meeting held with media heads in Colombo today President has stressed that the Garbage Dump will be removed in view of utilizing the Garbage to generate power ,to landfill or producing organic fertilizer without damaging the environment and any residence .

declared the collection, transportation ,,temporarily storage and disposing garbage within all local government body limits as an essential service with effect from midnight tonight(20).

A special.gazette notification has been issued in this regard with the directions of president under the section 17 of the Public Security Act.

According to the Gazette Notification disposing garbage within the local government body limits is an essential service and anyone who is opposing this by physically ,verbally or in writing is a punishable offence.

Those who are violating these regulations can be arrested without a warrant and sentenced a rigorous imprisonment the Gazette Notification has stated .

A release has been issued in this regard by the Presidential Media Division .

As the rescue operations to search those who went missing after the collapse of Meethotamulle Garbage Dump still continues ,Authorities have today(20) commenced the removing of the residents lives in the risk area around the Garbage Dump from their houses.

National Building Research Organization(NBRO) has announced a risk area near the Meethotamulle Garbage Dump few days ago by stating that the remained part of the Garbage Dump may have collapse any time based on the status of soil of the Dump.

The letters requesting the residents in risk areas to vacate their houses which signed by the Divisional Secretary are being displayed in those areas according to the reports.

Meanwhile government has launched a special programme to distribute school books and equipment among the children who displaced due to the collapse of Garbage Dump as the new school season scheduled to be commenced on 26th of April after the Sinhala/Hindu New Year holidays.

So far around 33 persons have confirmed as dead due to the Garbage Dump collapse.

Sri Lanka Customs Officers have today(20) taken into custody around 160 barrels contains more than 30,000 liters of the banned Glyphosate Agro Chemical during a raid carried out at Orugodawatte Container Yard.

The stock of Glyphosate Agro Chemical was imported by a local Businessman from China it has been revealed.

Glyphosate Agro Chemical is banned in Sri Lanka as the doctors believed it may have link with the spreading of unidentified Kidney Disease in most parts of the Country.

A Motorcyclist was killed after his Motor Cycle colliding with an Express Train traveling from Jaffna to Colombo at an unprotected rail gate in Nochchimotei ,near Thandikulama Rail station in Vavuniya(Northern Province) today(20).

The deceased had been identified as a 47 year old resident of Nochchimotei in Vavuniya .

The body of the deceased had sent to Vavuniya Hospital it has been revealed.